Optum, Tibco share Women's Prestige Series honors

Team Tibco's Megan Guarnier was declared winner of the 2012 Women's Prestige Series, a triumvirate of stage races on the USA calendar which includes the Redlands Classic, Nature Valley Grand Prix and Cascade Classic. Guarnier won the overall in Redlands, and was third in Cascade.

Tibco also won the best young rider's classification with Lindsay Myers, while the Optum Pro Cycling team topped the other classifications: best team and best sprinter.

Neo-pro Jade Wilkoxson (Optum) was the winner of the sprint classification overall and that competition at the Cascade Classic, and also claimed third overall in USA Cycling's National Racing Calendar individual standings.

"It's been a whirlwind season," said Wilcoxson. "The Nature Valley Grand Prix was my first big race, so I didn't know what to expect when I joined Optum Pro Cycling presented by Kelly Benefits Strategies. I certainly didn't expect to win the Series sprint jersey or two NRC stage races [Joe Martin and Elk Grove - ed], much less finish third on the National Racing Calendar."

Brief Standings

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Individual classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Megan Guarnier (Team Tibco / To the Top)407pts
2Carmen Small (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies)385Row 1 - Cell 3
3Jade Wilcoxson (Optum Pro Cycling / Kelly)352Row 2 - Cell 3
4Kristin McGrath (Exergy TWENTY12)190Row 3 - Cell 3
5Amanda Miller (Team Tibco / To the Top)178Row 4 - Cell 3
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Sprint classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Jade Wilcoxson (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies)363pts
2Megan Guarnier (Team TIBCO / To the Top)352Row 1 - Cell 3
3Theresa Cliff Ryan (Exergy TWENTY12)352Row 2 - Cell 3
4Carmen Small (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies)264Row 3 - Cell 3
5Kristin McGrath (Exergy TWENTY12)235Row 4 - Cell 3
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Best Young Rider classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Lindsay Myers (Team Tibco / To the Top)407pts
2Jackie Crowell (Exergy TWENTY12)286Row 1 - Cell 3
3Joelle Numainville (Optum Pro Cycling / Kelly)220Row 2 - Cell 3
4Denise Ramsden (Optum Pro Cycling / Kelly)220Row 3 - Cell 3
5Lex Albrecht (Optum pb Kelly Benefit Strategies)220Row 4 - Cell 3
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Team classification
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies1559pts
2Team TIBCO / To the Top Cycling917Row 1 - Cell 3
3Exergy TWENTY12727Row 2 - Cell 3
4Vanderkitten Focus147Row 3 - Cell 3
5FCS|ROUSE p/b Mr. Restore89Row 4 - Cell 3

See www.WomenCyclists.com for full results.

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